Moore, OK Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Sidewalk/street sales
- Prohibited except a brief point-of-sale stop
- Right-of-way defined
- Streets, sidewalks, alleys, pedestrian ways
- Enforcement
- City code enforcement division
- Offense type
- Misdemeanor, per-day violation
- Maximum fine
- $500.00 under Section 1-108
- Adopted
- Ord. 445 (1988), amended Ord. 358(02)
Summary
In the City of Moore, Oklahoma, Section 8-603 bars mobile temporary food vendors, including food trucks, from selling on any public right-of-way, defined broadly to include streets, sidewalks, alleys and pedestrian ways, allowing only a brief stop for the actual point of sale rather than ongoing sidewalk vending.
Mobile temporary food vendors may not sell food on public rights-of-way except for a brief stop for point of sale. For purposes of this subsection, the term "public right-of-way" means any street or highway and property adjacent to streets and highways which is dedicated to public use and over which the federal, state or municipal government, or any agency, department or subdivision thereof, exercises control and dominion; or any bridge alley, sidewalk, pedestrian way, stairs or elevator which is dedicated to public use and over which the federal, state or municipal government, or any agency, department, or subdivision thereof, exercises control and dominion.
Full Breakdown
The right-of-way ban sits among the operating conditions for mobile temporary food vendors in Section 8-603, alongside rules requiring the property owner's permission before setting up, restricting stationary vending to C-2 through I-3 zoning districts, and capping any single stop at 12 hours in a 24-hour period. The code defines 'public right-of-way' expansively: any street or highway and adjacent property dedicated to public use over which a government body exercises control, plus any bridge, alley, sidewalk, pedestrian way, stairs or elevator similarly dedicated and controlled.
The only carve-out from the ban is a brief stop for the point of sale itself, meaning a truck may momentarily pull to the curb to complete a transaction but cannot post up and sell from a sidewalk, alley or street on an ongoing basis. Enforcement runs through the city's code enforcement division, which the section authorizes to initiate proceedings to compel compliance. A violation is charged as a misdemeanor, with each day of continued violation treated as a separate offense. The section was adopted as Ordinance 445 in 1988 and amended by Ordinance 358(02) in 2002.
Violations & Fines
Violating the right-of-way restriction is a misdemeanor under Section 8-603, punished as provided in Section 1-108: a fine of up to $500.00, and each day the violation continues counts as a separate offense. The code enforcement division enforces the section and may bring proceedings to force a vendor into compliance in addition to any fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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